Game, toy, and advertising device.



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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 715,893, dated December 16, 1902.

Application filed March 24, 1902- Serial No. 991605. (No modelJ To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLAF O. STAGEBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jewell, in the county of Hamilton and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, Toys, and Advertising Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is acombined toy, game, and advertising device and will be fully understood from the below description and the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side View of my device, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by letters of reference, A is a block, preferably made of wood and in some resemblance of a heart. It may also have an extension B, serving as a handle. Through the upper parts or arms 0 D of the block are provided a saw-kerf or like slit E F, and between said arms O D is formed a gap G. Uponthe left side in Fig. 1 can be seen, secured by staples H, a spring-arm I, whose free end J is formed with a hook K, adapted to take hold under the corner of the cards L, inserted in the slitF in the arm D, when the spring-arm is depressed, as at J, in which position it is held by the loop M of the springtrigger N, secured at 0 upon the front side of the block, so that when pressed upon at N by the thumb of the hand holding the device the spring-arm J is released, and flying upward till it stops against the staple P it throws the cards whirling up in the air. In pressing 'the-spring-arm down the extreme end Q of it serves as a finger-catch, and as it is brought down it glides along the inclined arm R of the trigger, which is thereby-sprung out of the way until the spring-arm is low enough to enter the notch or loop M of the trigger, which at once returns to its normal position and holds the spring-arm locked until the cards are inserted and the trigger operated by the finger or thumb.

The cards may be of any'desired shape and material and may have upon their corners numerals, as indicated by 3, 5, and 7 in Fig. 1, or any other characters upon one or both sides, either at corners or elsewhere on the cards, to enable the player to play games with the cards; but in the preferred construction of the card I always leave a considerable space blank for the printing thereon of advertisements of stores or other business of parties wishing to sell cheaply or give away the device as an advertising medium. 011 the cards L the advertising space S occupies nearly the entire card, excepting the corners, clearly divided therefrom by double lines T.

In the use of the device if the device is of the cheapest grade made for small children the cards may or may not have any characters by which to play games, the mere whirling and flying motion of the cards in the air being amusement to the children; but ordinarily the cards are made with characters to indicate a different value on each side of the card. One, two, or more cards are placed in the slit F, the device is held as near perpendicular as practical, and the trigger is pressed. After the cards have whirled about in the air and fall upon a table, floor, or the ground, the value of the characters at their upper side is recorded and the next player tries his luck in similar manner until a predetermined amount of value is reached by the winning player. If a player gets all the highest-numbered sides of the cards turned upward,he is entitled to an extra shot for each time he so does.

Some of the cards may have playing characters only on one side. The characters which may be used on the cards and the rules for playing with them may be so greatly varied that I will not attempt to here give complete directions.

The above will suffice to a general understanding of the main features of the device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the heart shaped block A having the gap G, and slits E, F, and the spring-arm I, J guided in the slit E and projecting into gap G, the slit F adapted to receive a card with one corner projecting into the gap G, and a spring-held trigger to hold sired,said spring-arm having the finger-catch the spring-arm down and release it when de- Q projecting beyond the gap and said trigger sired. having the incline R, for the purpose set 2. The combination of the heart-shaped forth. 5 blockA having the gap G, and slits E, F, and In testimony whereof I affix my signature I5 the spring-arm I, J guided in the slit E and in presence of two Witnesses.

projecting into gap G, the slit F adapted to OLAF O. STAGEBERG. receive a card with one corner projecting into YVitnesses: the gap G, and a spring-held trigger to hold A. ALEXANDER,

10 the spring-arm down and release it when de- ALPHEUS ALEXANDER. 

